Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide

Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide

Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are designed to be the best performing operating systems to date, but even the best systems can be overwhelmed with load and/or plagued with poorly performing code. Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide gives you a practical field guide approach to performance monitoring and analysis from experts who do this work every day. Think of this book as your own guide to "What would Microsoft support do?" when you have a Windows performance issue. Author Clint Huffman, a Microsoft veteran of over fifteen years, shows you how to identify and alleviate problems with the computer resources of disk, memory, processor, and network. You will learn to use performance counters as the initial indicators, then use various tools to "dig in" to the problem, as well as how to capture and analyze boot performance problems. - This field guide gives you the tools and answers you need to improve Microsoft Windows performance - Save money on optimizing Windows performance with deep technical troubleshooting that tells you "What would Microsoft do to solve this?" - Includes performance counter templates so you can collect the right data the first time. - Learn how to solve performance problems using free tools from Microsoft such as the Windows Sysinternals tools and more. - In a rush? Chapter 1 Start Here gets you on the quick path to solving the problem. - Also covers earlier versions such as Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Fundamentals of Windows Performance Analysis

Microsoft offers comprehensive tools and techniques for optimizing the performance of today's complex Windows systems, application software, services, and drivers, however understanding them enough to be able to apply them can be a challenge. Windows performance analysis has traditionally been viewed as a mysterious "black art," but IT professionals and developers who can master it will gain a substantial competitive advantage in the marketplace and learn a lot about the inner workings of Windows in the process. In this book, three Microsoft insiders draw on their unsurpassed Windows performance expertise, systematically teaching how to measure performance in production environments, address triage issues, quickly identify root causes, and make the most of today's exceptionally powerful Windows Performance Tools. The only complete, hands-on guide to Windows 7 and Windows Vista performance analysis, this book illuminates each type of performance issue with realistic examples, drilling down to help IT professionals learn to identify the real issues, and quickly solve the problems. Coverage includes: making the most of Windows Performance Analyzer; understanding the performance of processors and Windows' memory management subsystem; identifying resource contention issues; troubleshooting performance issues associated storage, Windows file systems, and the Registry; instrumenting code with ETW, and much more.

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